#B09A31#B09A31

#B09A31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.124 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B09A31
RGB	rgb(176, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 72.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -3.50, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 55.33, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% -0.0151 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.124 97)
XYZ	xyz(30.0160, 32.5646, 7.6097)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B09A31 #3147B0

analogous

#B05B31 #B09A31 #87B031

triadic

#B09A31 #31B09A #9A31B0

tetradic

#B09A31 #31B05B #3147B0 #B03187

square

#B09A31 #31B05B #3147B0 #B03187

split-complementary

#B09A31 #3187B0 #5B31B0

monochromatic

#504616 #807024 #B09A31 #CEB850 #DCCC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#B09A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#B09A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B09A31

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B09A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B09A31	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b09a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.124 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb770',
    500: '#b09a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b09a31;
$custom-light: #cbb770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b09a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 56.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68683,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.32563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B09A31

secondary

#7885C5

accent

#62E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B09A31

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →